[aclug-L] Re: C question: double to string?

[Brian Chapman <tchapman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steven Saner wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 05, 2000 at 12:11:19AM -0600, Brian Chapman wrote:
> > sprintf (buffer, "%f", number);
> >
> 
> Of course this does assume that you are sure that your buffer is big
> enough to hold the string. You might want to add some flags in the
> format that limits the resulting string to a certain size, such as:
> 
> sprintf(buffer, "%10.10f", number);

heh...well if we're getting pedantic about it, that's not true. The
width specified for the integer portion of the decimal is the MINIMUM
width. Therefore, its possible to have a buffer overrun in your case
also. The entire number will be printed regardless.

Perhaps you were thinking of the '%s' string specifier.

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